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Genocide conviction of Rios Montt overturned in Guatemala — for now

May 21, 2013 04:55Updated May 21, 2013 12:27
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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction for genocide was overturned and his trial must begin anew starting from the point in mid-April when a dispute started over which judge should hear the case, the country's highest court said Monday.

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May 14, 2013 23:09
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Lessons from Guatemala on how to catch a dictator

May 15, 2013 05:32
GUATEMALA CITY — Elena Caba waited more than 30 years for justice after she was raped and left for dead in a river alongside her neighbors during Guatemala’s bloody civil war. She was 9 when soldiers stormed her Ixil Maya village and pulled her and her father out of their home before torching the town to ashes on April 3, 1982.

Guatemala's ex-dictator gets 80 years for genocide and war crimes

May 10, 2013 20:12
Former Guatemalan US-backed dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes Friday in a landmark ruling stemming from massacres of indigenous people in his country's long civil war.

Guatemala earthquake 6.2 magnitude, no injuries reported

March 25, 2013 20:52
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A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Guatemala Monday afternoon.

Dead Men Working: The most dangerous drive (VIDEO)

March 21, 2013 06:01
Driving a bus in Guatemala is the most dangerous job in the world, according to InSight Crime, which monitors organized crime in the Americas.

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman: Most-wanted drug lord suspected dead in shootout (VIDEO)

February 22, 2013 10:20
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Guatemalan authorities said they were investigating the possibility that a man killed in the shootout was Guzman, 58, but later backtracked, saying they hadn't yet located a body or even confirmed there was a gunfight.

Six women murdered Wednesday in Guatemala

January 17, 2013 09:28
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Six women were killed on Wednesday in separate incident in Guatemala, including three minors, report authorities.

Major quake strikes Guatemala

GlobalPost WriterNovember 8, 2012 13:16
The strongest earthquake to hit Guatemala since the mid-70's has left many without homes and killed over 40 people.

Guatemala: Volcan de Fuego erupts, 33,000 flee

News DeskSeptember 13, 2012 17:28
"A paroxysm of an eruption is taking place, a great volcanic eruption, with strong explosions and columns of ash," Gustavo Chicna, a volcanologist with the National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology, told the AP.
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